CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 March 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

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(.Received This Day a.30 a.m.)

LABOUR TltOcuLES. London, March i. The shipyard representatives have accepted tho award of 4s increase and 10 per cunt on piecework. Tho strike committee at the Clyde ordered the men to return on condition tha there is no overtime. Also, it' an impartial tribunal by Tuesday does not grant the workers an extra 2d they will stay in, but a strike will commence wherein the workers will do s-s little as possible.

(Received This Day 10 a.m.)

AX ANARCHIST PLOT.

New lork, March 3. A widespread Anarchistic plot with the object of killing Carnegie, the two Rockefellers, Cornelius Vanderbilt and other of the wealthiest men, has been nipped , in the bud by the arrest of two men caught in the act oi projecting a lighted bomb towards the altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral witii tho object ol blowing up the Cathedral. It was said Tnat this was to have been the signal foi the inauguration of a reign of terror. Gangs with rifles and revolvers were to appear simultaneously in various pa ,- ts of the city and invado tinancial districts, lay bombs under the biggestbanks and general looting was to ollow The plans became known to + he detectives who worked for months among the Anarchists. STATE BRICK WORKS IDLE. Sydney, This Day. The State brickworks have been -endered idle owing to the manager's refusal to reinstate a dismissed employee. MEAT FOR IMPERIAL PURPOSES. The first shipment of meat for Imperial purposes will comprise fortythree thousand carcases of mutton. NATIONAL RELIEF. The Board of National Relief Fund donated £1000 to the Belgian and £1000 to the Servian funds. SPORT AND~THE WAR. Melbourne, This Day. The Rt. Hon. A. Fisher, referring to the suggestion that there should be a cessation of sport, said he thought it would be a mistake to restrict heal- ( thy and legitimate sport, except where it interfered with the defence of the country or the great military task before the Empire. MONEY RISING. Tho State Government is offering the holders £1,060,000 at 34 per cent Treasury bonds to convert to 4 per cent stock. The Government predict a ecarcitjof safety matches, owing to the war The wholesale prices have already advanced 133 per cent. They warn people against waste. (Received This Day 2.20 pm..j WHEAT MARKET. London, March 3. Th*i wheat marker j» dull and weakei. SICKNESS AMONG THE SOLDIERS IN EGYPT. Router's Cairo correspondent states that influenza and pneumonia form tho majority of the cases among the Australians. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Seven men fell while climbing tfie Cheops Pyramid. Four were killed

Seven men fell while climbing ttfc Cheops Pyramid. Four were killed and the otters were seriously injured; one sustained an injured spine and will be crippled for life.